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Article: Forgetting Pearl Harbor. (Japanese view of their country's involvement in 1930s aggression and World War II)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- October 28, 1991
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Imagine the reaction today, both inside and outside Germany, if some long-lost relative of Adolf Hitler's suddenly surfaced as a recording artist with a new single about fallen Nazi soldiers. Yet a comparable event in Japan last summer aroused little more than passing curiosity: Hidekatsu Tojo, the 53-year-old grandson of Hideki Tojo, Japan's prime minister during most of World War 11, made his debut with a song dedicated to the glory of Japanese soldiers killed during the war. The song wasn't exactly a hit but offers a revealing glimpse into how this nation recalls its militarist past nearly 50 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japan is often chastised ...
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Article: From Japan, remorse over Pearl Harbor
The Boston Globe;
December 8, 1991 ;
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... ... government official yesterday voiced Japan's remorse for the attack on Pearl Harbor, but for most Japanese, the 50th ... started 50 years ago today with Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. "Japan is deeply remorseful over these ...
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